SBV4600 The child welfare worker in relation and context Course description

The course sheds light on conditions for child welfare workers’ interaction and cooperative relationships with children, parents and other partners. It focuses on institutional, theoretical and ethical issues in child welfare work and on how they may influence the child welfare worker’s position and professional practice. The child welfare service’s remit, professional assessments and political guidelines, as well as conflicting loyalties that may trigger tension and dilemmas that must be dealt with when working with children and parents, will be discussed in the course. Conditions that impede and promote professional development are also addressed. The course also covers support from the working environment and management. 

The language of instruction is Norwegian.

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After completing the course, the student should have the following overall learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:  

Knowledge 

The student has 

• advanced knowledge of social policy, institutional and professional conditions for interaction in the child welfare service 

• the advanced theoretical knowledge required to establish cooperative alliances with children, families and other services 
• advanced knowledge of professional ethical issues
• advanced knowledge of conditions that impede and promote professional development 

 Skills 

The student can 

• analyse circumstances of importance to child welfare workers’ understanding of their role and professional practice
• analyse and handle professional ethical issues and dilemmas 
• analyse their own position on the basis of gender, age, class and their own life story and their bearing on the relationship with children and parents 

General competence  

The student can 

• analyse and take a critical approach to their own position and values in encounters with children, parents and partners and seek guidance as needed
• use knowledge of one’s own and other professions’ expertise and areas of responsibility when considering the child’s best interests 

• apply their knowledge to safeguard children’s and parents’ rights to participation and co-determination

Language of instruction: Norwegian

Older adults with major physical and/or cognitive problems are the main group in the institutional health service. The main focus of this course is on assessment, treatment, and health maintenance and rehabilitation activities. The course is based on different theoretical perspectives, with an emphasis on critical analysis and assessment of the existing knowledge basis for examination, treatment, rehabilitation and preventive measures. The course also deals with principles for development and quality improvement work/research related to physiotherapy practice.

The student must have been admitted to the Master’s Degree Programme in Health Sciences and hold authorisation as a physiotherapist.

It is assumed that the student has or will obtain access to physiotherapy work with older adults when taking the course.

After completing the course, the student should have the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student

• can analyse theories, principles and concepts related to evidence-based practice with respect to older adults with a disability
• can analyse their own professional role and function in treatment and rehabilitation of older adults with a disability

Skills

The student

• can assess the physical function, activity and participation of older adults living in healthcare institutions
• can prioritise, plan, execute and evaluate different interventions for older adults with a disability
• can analyse scholarly and professional problems related to evidence-based practice
• can integrate knowledge from research with clinical experience and the older adult´s experience and preferences
• can critically analyse challenges and barriers related to the implementation of evidence-based interventions in clinical practice

General competence

The student

• can contribute to professional development in physiotherapy for the older adults
• can analyse scholarly, professional and ethical problems related to evidence-based practice in physiotherapy for the older adults
• can communicate with colleagues, patients and next of kin about specific problems related to physiotherapy for the older adults

Emnet vil benytte varierte, studentaktive arbeidsformer. Arbeids- og undervisningsformene består av forelesninger, seminarer, selvstudier, arbeidsoppgaver og veiledning. Undervisning gjennomføres samlingsbasert med 2 samlinger hver på 5 dager, hvorav 1 dag settes av til selvstudier med veiledning.

The following must have been approved in order for the student to take the examination:

• a minimum of 80% attendance at seminars where students present their assignments, and in group supervision.

Individual project examination in the form of a given topic that is developed during the course. Scope: 3,000 words (+/- 10%).

Resit examination: If the student is awarded the grade F (fails the written assignment), he/she will be given one (1) opportunity to submit a reworked version.

All aids are permitted, as long as the rules for source referencing are complied with.